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Maternal determinants

Current Group Members:

                         Evelyn Houliston (group leader), Tsuyoshi Momose (CNRS scientist) , Carine Barreau (UMPC Lecturer)

                          Patrick Chang (research assistant), Sandra Chevalier (technician), Cécile Fourrage (PhD student)

Developmental Determinants are factors localised in eggs which become inherited by different cells of the embryo as it divides to direct the establishment of the body plan. Our research is aimed at answering the following questions:

    - What is the molecular nature of the determinants implicated in embryonic pattering in diverse animal  species? 

    - How do they function?

    - What cellular mechanisms are responsible for localising them to specific locations in the egg ?

Our new experimental model is the hydrozoan Clytia hemisphaerica We have previously worked extensively with Xenopus laevis and have ongoing projects on maternal RNA localisation We also occasionally use the ctenophore Beroe ovata available only in the spring.     UMR7009 CNRS/UPMC Biologie du Développement Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche-sur-Mer Quai de la Darse, 06234 Villefranche-sur-Mer Cedex France Tél : +33 4 93 76 37 70, Fax : +33 4 93 76 37 92 © Copyright CNRS BioDev